Intro Chords: G - D - Em - C <--{RIGHT after this play violin part}

{The following is the violin/fiddle part for the intro played after the C intro chord

while remaining "on beat"}
{THIS ISNT THE WHOLE VIOLIN PART; GET THE TIMING DOWN AND IT SOUNDS GREAT}
{it sounds good on guitar also; not too fast}

G

{PLAYHAMMEROFFREALFAST}

(0)24(4)4/5\442(2)2/3\2*0000

0^222222

33

PLAYABOVESLOW

GDEmCGDC

PLAYBELOWSLOW3232

3131

22

22

(2)2/3\220(0)0^1*022323

(3)(3)323

{If you dont want to play violin/fiddle part here is the intro}

{G,D,Em,C --- G,D,C}
GD
Headed down south to the land of the pines
EmC
I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G
Starin' up the road
DC
And pray to God I see headlights
GD
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
EmC
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
G
And I'm a hopin' to Raleigh
DC
I can see my baby tonight
GD
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
EmC
Rock me mama anyway you feel
GDC
Hey, mama rock me
GD
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
EmC
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
GDC
Hey, mama rock me
{G,D,Em,C -- G,D,C}
{Here is a cool thing to do other than the usual strumming, just pick it}
{YOUR CHOICE OH CHORDS, PICKING, OR FIDDLE}
(not too fast)
GDEmC

330

00333001111(0)

002200

022

GDEmC

333

0022201111(0)

0033020

02

(BENDTHE2's)

Then play: {G,D,Em,C -- G,D,C}
GD
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
EmC
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
G
My baby plays the guitar
DC
I pick a banjo now
GD
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
EmC
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
G
But I ain't a turnin' back
DC
To livin' that old life no more
GD
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
EmC
Rock me mama anyway you feel
GDC
Hey, mama rock me
GD
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
EmC
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
GDC
Hey, mama rock me
{G,D,Em,C -- G,D,C} 2x
{AGAIN THIS IS YOUR CHOICE DO THE CHORDS, PICK IT, OR FIDDLE PART}
(G) (D)
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
(Em)
I caught a trucker out of Philly
(C)
Had a nice long toke
(G) (D)
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
(C)
To Johnson City, Tennessee
GD
And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun
Em
I hear my baby callin' my name
C
And I know that she's the only one
G
And if I die in Raleigh
DC
At least I will die free
GD
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
EmC
Rock me mama anyway you feel
GDC
Hey, mama rock me
GD
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
EmC
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
GDC
Hey, mama rock me

OUTRO G

3203

310(0)

(2)(0)

2

3

*I love you Katie :)*

All Content on this page is the property of the copyright owner of the original composition.